lundi 25 mai 2015

Quilt artist of the week.

"Quilt
Artist of the Week" is a free subscription service sending
you a link to visit a new and exciting quilt artist every week.

Welcome
to your "Quilt Artist of the Week"

For
your very first "Quilt Artist of the Week" I am taking
you to Belgium to visit Marie
Claire Saint Maux
and her wonderful African-influenced quilts.

Marie
Claire's blog is available in both English and French and her
website is in French. You can easily translate it using Google
Translator http://translate.google.com/,
and it is well worth taking the time to do this as she has some
wonderful information. Her beautiful images of course need no
translation so you can enjoy them in either language.

What
makes people think: "That
is a Marie Claire Saint Maux quilt"
when they look at my quilts. It is because the feeling is
AFRICAN. I love African fabrics and their dramatic
colors.

On my website at www.afriquartquilt.be
you will find a goldmine of information about textiles from
barkcloth, raphia, batiks, tie and dyes, mudcloth, Kita woven
clothes. There are links about the tools used, the meaning of
some symbols, my collection of "boubous" and of
course some of my quilts. I put this website together to pass
on the knowledge that I have acquired hoping that one day it
will be useful to others.

Since our return to Belgium
I have started a blog at
www.marieclairartistafrican-art-quilt.blogspot.com/
which you can subscribe to and I will keep you up to date
about my future exhibitions and activities. Also on my blog
you can see some "Collage lace scarves" learned
from Marinda Stewart as well as my textile activities with
children and so on. I have tried to work with other fibers,
burning, and distorting but it is not my cup of tea so I am
back to my African style.

About
Marie Claire

I
was born in Belgium in 1940. After the war, my parents and I
moved to the Belgian Congo where we lived for many years. I
have also lived in Rwanda, Burundi, Niger, Tchad, Ivory
Coast, South Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambico, Argentina and in
the Philippines. Then we came back for summer in Belgium and
winter in Agadir Morocco. Now we live in Nassogne in the
Belgian Ardennes. I have also traveled to 20 other countries
- even the United States! I am a dietician, a Reiki Master
and I have a degree in hypnosis. I have 3 children and 11
grand children.

I started quilting in South Africa. I
have taken many workshops in South Africa,
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines France, Holland, and the last one with
Linda Colsh here in Belgium. As I am always seem to be
isolated, thanks to the Internet I have been able to take
many on-line classes. I have exhibited in many countries
mainly in multi-artistic shows.